CLOSED: [2017-04-28 Fri 08:29] SCHEDULED: <2017-04-28 Fri> :PROPERTIES: :CREATED: [2017-04-28 Fri 08:11] :ID: 2017-04-28-candy-from-strangers :END: :LOGBOOK: - State "DONE" from "NEXT" [2017-04-28 Fri 08:29] :END: «Don't take candies from stangers» we had been told by our parents. This is what we teach our own children. And yet, we take all candies - large or small - we can get from financially driven strangers of the cloud in colorful clothing who harvest and sell our personal data and metadata in the background. -------- Do you really need a camera with microphone on your bedroom that stores gathered data indefinitely? #+CAPTION: Tweet by katecrawford with link to https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/amazon-echo-look-bedroom-camera #+ATTR_HTML: :alt Amazon just confirmed that the videos and photos recorded by the Echo Look will be stored 'indefinitely.' https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/amazon-echo-look-bedroom-camera #+ATTR_HTML: :align center :width 585 [[tsfile:2017-04-26T23.39 Twitter.com - katecrawford - Amazon just confirmed that videos and photos recorded by Echo Look will be stored indefinitely -- screenshots publicvoit.png][https://twitter.com/katecrawford/status/857348417747656706]] Is it really a good idea, to buy [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_things][IoT]] devices for your household that are having security issues too many times? #+CAPTION: Tweet by JustAnOthr with link to https://hbr.org/2017/04/why-do-iot-companies-keep-building-devices-with-huge-security-flaws #+ATTR_HTML: :alt Yes, why? #ioTsecurity pretty low-key & potentially serious threat to both individual & commercial interests. #IoT https://hbr.org/2017/04/why-do-iot-companies-keep-building-devices-with-huge-security-flaws #+ATTR_HTML: :align center :width 589 [[tsfile:2017-04-28T08.02 Twitter.com - JustAnOthr - ioTsecurity pretty low-key and potentially serious threat to both individual and commercial interests -- security hardware screenshots publicvoit.png][https://twitter.com/JustAnOthr/status/857837374029615104]] Are you really feeling Okay wearing devices that permanently record sensible health care data, your exact position, and many further data points, sending it to the cloud only so that you lose control who gets this data and who not? #+BEGIN_QUOTE Using a health tracker app? Not protected by HIPPA -data may be sold. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-apps-may-pose-major-privacy-concerns/ — Maggie Pisco (@RyeRealtor) [[https://twitter.com/RyeRealtor/status/710248705170010113][March 16, 2016]] (Original tweet not available any more as of 2022-01-05) #+END_QUOTE [[id:2016-11-12-cloud][Think about this]]. Twice. And then remember what your parents have told you: «don't talk to strangers - especially don't give away your personal, sensible data indefinitely for gaining just a little sweet lollipop that lasts only for minutes». Otherwise, you will eventually get on the [[https://www.emailsanta.com/naughty_nice.asp][naughty list]], losing your data and digital privacy to the number one god of our time: money.